-~ 28 - PRIVACY ACT MATERIAL REMOVED e published in 1962. wounds in man was At that time the total number of puncture less than 1,000 47 The treatment of such wounds was excision so that the total number of wounds displaying residual contamination by plutonium particles was certainly less than 1,000. Therefore, this wound data would Suggest that insoluble plutonium particles could offer a risk of cancer induction in man that is even greater than 1/1000 per particte. In other words, when a critical unit of tissue is irradiated, man may be more susceptible to cancer than the Albert data as analyzed by Geesaman would suggest. A second case of plutonium particle induced cancer is that of - He was not associated with the nuclear industry but was a freight handler who unloaded, rotated and reloaded a crate that was contaminated by the leaking carbcy of Pu-239 solution which it contained. He subsequently developed an infiltrating soft tissue sarcoma on the left palm which eventually resulted in his death. Although this case is not as clear cut as the case of the plutonium worker, there is an overwhelming medical probability that his cancer was induced by plutonium. unfortunate contact with Pu-239 lead to a lawsuit, 47?/ Vanderbock, J.W., “Plutonium in Puncture Wounds," Hanford Labcraveorics Operation, July 25, 1960. HW-65172, PRIVACY ACT MATERIAL REMOVED ©